Violet was having a no-good, very bad, and horrible day.

A black cat crossed her path on her way to work. Violet gave it a wide berth but it turned and sprang at her. Though she was fast enough to fling an arm up to protect her face, the black cat still managed to scratch the back of her hand.

"Ow! What the ***!" said Violet.

"Get out of the way!" someone screamed from behind her. Instinctively, she jumped to the side. Violet's eyes widened.

"You ****er! Just wait until I catch you. I'll make you wish you'd never been born!"

A pig-tailed red-haired girl wearing a strange frilly black and white outfit was chasing a plain-looking teenaged boy. But what shocked Violet was that they were both riding huge lions the size of two grown adult men. Violet looked around and realized that she was now in a town that looked like something from a generic European medieval fantasy world.

...Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.